Maintenance almost caused an apartment fire.

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Our AC is currently unusable due to a leak somewhere that went into the walls and created a mold problem.

The first infuriating part is that they said they'd come back on Monday to cut into the walls and fix the leak. We moved a ton of crap out the way for them, my husband took the day off, AND THEY DIDN'T COME. I'm due in less than a month and the last thing I need is to give birth and then they decide to fix the leak/AC.

They gave us a portable AC. It was working fine, until last night when we noticed a burning smell. Turns out that AC unit was very close to catching fire. The reason? They're not supposed to be plugged into an extension cord, which the maintenance person did despite there being a warning on the AC cord. We had zero clue, because we're not maintenance.

So now we have zero AC, my apartment is a huge damn mess because of all the crap everywhere so I can't even finish prepping for this baby's arrival.

Fix my AC damnit!

Posted Jul 30, 2026, 2:12 PM UTC

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